Environment Calendar report

The Environment Calendar report provides a calendar view of all the environments created and used at various stages of a release plan and for various applications. This report essentially shows data about release plans per environment. You can determine the calendar schedule for an environment used for a particular release or across release plans. You can determine the applications and the associated components to which these environments are assigned under a release plan, the period for which the environment is assigned, and the release date for the plan.

You can view the data by month (default), week, or day. You can apply filters to see data related to particular applications, environments, plans, and plan status.

This report helps you answer questions such as:

• Which release plans are associated with which environments?
• Which environments are assigned to which applications and the associated components?
• What are the release dates for the various release plans?
• Which environments are involved in a particular release plan?
• What is the period for which the various environments are assigned?

The following figure shows a sample Environment Calendar report that provides a monthly view of release plans per environment, the release dates, and the applications and associated components to which the environments are assigned.

Sample Environment Calendar report

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You can print the calendar chart and save it in various formats, such as a .png, .jpg, and .pdf by right-clicking on the chart and selecting the appropriate option:

• Print Chart: Prints the chart
• Save as JPEG Image: Converts the image and displays the Save button. Click to save the .jpg file
• Save as PNG Image: Converts the image and displays the Save button. Click to save the .png file
• Save as PDF: Converts the image and displays the Save button. Click to save the .pdf file

To generate an Environment Calendar report

1. Go to Reports > Calendars.
2. Click Environment Calendar on the right.
    By default, you see a monthly calendar view of all the environments created (used by various application components) and the associated release plans.
   • The colored horizontal bars denote the period for which the environments are used.
   • The solid lines spanning across the chart denote the release dates of different plans. The color of these lines corresponds to the horizontal bars.
   • The red dashed line spanning across the chart marks the current date.

   • Rest the mouse pointer on the horizontal colored bars to see the application and components to which the environment is assigned (for that release plan).

     Warning

     Notes

     • You can view data for only those plans to which you have access permissions. Administrators can see data related to all the plans present in the database.
     • You can see the environments assigned for each of the release plans in this report only after you have set the start and end dates for the environments assigned at every stage of the selected plan. To add start and end dates for the environments, you must edit the particular plan, and then click the Edit Plan Details link at the bottom of the Applications table. If you do not set the end date for a particular environment, by default the release date of the plan is used as the end date for the environment.
3. Click <previous or next> at the top of the chart to scroll across the various months and see necessary data across various months (days or weeks, depending on the filter applied).

4. Click Open Filters to specify a reporting time period and apply filters. 

   Click Clear Filter to clear all the filters that you set.

   The following table lists all the filter options that you can use to customize your report:

   Filter	Description
   Filter by Date	Set the date range by specifying From and To dates and then clicking Set. You can view data only up to the number of days in the past that is set in the Allowed Range field on the General page. By default, the To field is populated with the current date and the From field is populated with the current date minus the value you enter in the Allowed Range field. If this field is set to 0, there is no restriction on the number of days for which you can view data.
   Application	Under Application, click the add link to choose from a list of applications and then click the done link. To modify your applications selection, click the edit link under Application, and then click the done link.
   Environment	Under Environment, click the add link to choose from a list of environments assigned to the applications, and then click the done link. To modify your environments selection, click the edit link under Environment, and then click the done link.
   Plan	Under Plan, click the add link to choose from a list of release plans, and then click the done link. To modify your plan selection, click the edit link under Plan, and then click the done link.
   Plan Status	Under Plan Status, click the add link to choose from a list of list of options that denote the various states of a plan (Created, Planned, Started, Locked, Complete, Archived, and Hold), and then click the done link. To modify your plan status selection, click the edit link under Plan Status, and then click the done link.
   Scale	Set the calendar view to show monthly, weekly, or daily data by choosing the appropriate option under Scale and then clicking Filter.

5. Click Close Filter to collapse the filter panel.